Via Gareth Coen, I just heard about two events being held later this month - on the 27th and the 29th of February in Dublin and Belfast respectively - called xCellerate 2008. The central theme is “Bringing Silicon Valley to Ireland” and it is geared towards Irish technology startups. There will be angel and venture capital investors attending from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as successful Internet entrepreneurs on the panel. To receive a 40% discount on registration, use the code “web2″. (There is a small problem in that this event clashes with the Irish Web Technologies Conference at which I’m due to speak.)
- John Breslin (nickname Cloud or Cloudie) is...
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Thanks for the post John. I know it’s a shame about the IWTC. Our event is only a half day, so maybe some people can do both.
Hi John,
Barry here from IrishDev.com.
We wanted to host an event that encompassed all participants of the Irish web industry and designed the schedule to cover the business of web, finance, design, development, ecom, marketing and legal.
The level of interest in having a Web Extravaganza surpassed our expectation, so much so that we had to add another day.
There are now 12 different tracks, 58 sessions being delivered by over 45 speakers from across the world - all listed with bio’s and abstracts on the IWTC website.
We have a finance track on Wednesday 27th which covers Demystification of Venture Finance ( Nic Brisbourne from Esprit Capital Partners ) and a first hand account of the Early Stage funding by Joe Drumgoole who recently raised a lot of money for his innovative company Putplace.com.
The track finishes with approx ten 15 minute DemonCon presented by Web Entrepreneurs on the big screen in front of a large audience, including many of Irelands VC, Banks and Angels who have been invited - exciting or what!!
We’re looking forward to hearing your Semantic Web presentation at the Irish Web Technology Conference
best regards
Barry